Delhi Floats Tender for 385 Electric Buses

In a bid to curb pollution in the Capital, the Transport
Department, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) has
floated tender for 385 electric buses. GNCTD has floated tender under two
clusters E1 and E2. Under the cluster E1
there is a requirement of 275 buses and under cluster E2 there is a requirement
of 110 buses.

Last date for the submission of the bid is April 26, 2019
and a pre-bid meeting is scheduled on March 22, 2019.

As per the RfS document a bidder can bid for both the
clusters by submitting separate price bids for each of the clusters in the
proposal. Successful bidder for each project will have to enter into a
“Concession Agreement” with Transport Department GNCTD.

Transport Department GNCTD notes that the bus design must be
suitable for daily operation of 16 to 20 hours in city service with peak
loading of over 100 passengers, an average traveling speed of about 15 Kms per
hour with starts/stops after every 200 to 300 meters. And it should have buffer
motor capacity in terms of kW to take care of peak overload of about 20 percent
and tire rating should be such that it meets the requirement of peak hour
loading.

The bus should be designed concerning its body and different
aggregates to operate in city service for 12 years or 1,000,000 km (whichever
is earlier).

“This is the largest such commitment so far by any Indian
city and for any city outside of China,” a Delhi government statement said.

The Delhi government is committed to providing an efficient
and environment-friendly mode of public transport for the residents of the
city. Creating sufficient capacity in the public transport system is the only
way to reduce air pollution in Delhi and bring down the number of vehicles on
the roads of the national capital to reduce congestion, the statement said.

The cabinet also gave its approval to allow the Transport
department to ask the prospective bidders to bring the buses with CCTV,
Automatic Vehicle Tracking System (AVTS), panic buttons and panic alarms, as
per the specification finalised by the government.

The cabinet also approved the proposal to authorise the
Transport minister for approval of all Request for Qualification and Proposals
(RFQPs) under this project.

These 1,000 low-floor electric buses will be parked and charged overnight at six depots called as parent depots.

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